Some 800 surveillance cameras will soon be installed in Casablanca, which will be used to fight crime in all its forms.
The metropolis has 210 video surveillance cameras and in the coming days, this device will be reinforced to reach 800 surveillance installations to ensure coverage of 90% of the boulevards of the economic capital of the country”, announced Abdellah El Ouardi, prefect of Casablanca police in an interview with Assabah newspaper. Control by video surveillance cameras allows “the regulation of road traffic, the detection of incidents and violations of the Highway Code, the mobilization of security services and the identification of objects, people and suspicious vehicles”, he said. He specifies.
The General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) has implemented a strategy characterized by anticipation and immediate action with the establishment of an effective deployment of its elements in the field, in order to fight crime in all cases. its forms, said the official. This strategy is paying off. “The results of this approach have been conclusive, notably with a significant drop in petty and serious crime”, he stressed. “Snatching and assaults remain isolated facts, sometimes amplified on social media,” he noted.
In addition to acquiring surveillance cameras, the DGSN plans to purchase motorcycles which will be made available to police units. “The police units will be provided with motorcycles and human and logistical resources in order to be able to intervene immediately on the basis of the information collected by number 19”, announced Abdellah El Ouardi.
